ttles of Bennington, Oriskany, Fort Schuyler, 210;
battle of Saratoga, 211;
British repulse at Fort Mercer, 217;
destruction of the forts, 217;
fruitless skirmishing before Philadelphia, 218;
Valley Forge, 228-232;
evacuation of Philadelphia, 234;
battle of Monmouth, 235-239;
its effect, 239;
cruise and failure of D'Estaing at Newport, 243, 244;
failure of D'Estaing at Savannah, 247, 248;
storming of Stony Point, 268, 269;
Tory raids near New York, 269;
standstill in 1780, 272;
siege and capture of Charleston, 273, 274, 276;
operations of French and Americans near Newport, 277, 278;
battle of Camden, 281;
treason of Arnold, 281-289;
battle of Cowpens, 301;
retreat of Greene before Cornwallis, 302;
battle of Guilford Court House, 302;
successful operations of Greene, 302, 303;
Southern campaign planned by Washington, 304-311;
feints against Clinton, 306;
operations of Cornwallis and Lafayette in Virginia, 307;
naval supremacy secured by Washington, 310, 311;
battle of De Grasse and Graves off Chesapeake, 312;
transport of American army to Virginia, 311-313;
siege and capture of Yorktown, 315-318;
masterly character of campaign, 318-320;
petty operations before New York, 326;
treaty of peace, 342.

Rives,
on Washington's doubts of constitutionality of Bank, ii. 110.

Robinson, Beverly,
speaker of Virginia House of Burgesses, his compliment to Washington,
i. 102.

Robinson, Colonel,
loyalist, i. 282.

Rumsey, James,
the inventor, asks Washington's consideration of his steamboat, ii. 4.

Rush, Benjamin,
describes Washington's impressiveness, ii. 389.

Rutledge, John,
letter of Washington to, i. 281;
nomination rejected by Senate, ii. 63;
nominated to Supreme Court, 73.

ST. CLAIR, Arthur,
removed after loss of Ticonderoga, i. 208;
appointed to command against Indians, ii. 94;
receives instructions and begins expedition, 95;
defeated, 96;
his character, 99;
fair treatment by Washington, 99;
popular execration of, 105.

St. Pierre, M. de,
French governor in Ohio, i. 67.

St. Simon, Count,
reinforces Lafayette, i. 312.

Sandwich, Lord,
calls all Yankees cowards, i. 155.

Saratoga,
anecdote concerning, i. 202.

Savage, Edward,
characteristics of his portrait of